Atomizer.



No. 670,998. Patented Apr. 2, |90I.

S. F. PATTERSON.

UNITED STATES- PATENT GFFIcn.

SAMUEL FINLEY. PATTERSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

AroMlzER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters :Patent N0. 670,998, dated April 2, 1901.

Application filedMaroh 9, 1899. Serial No. 708.429. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL FINLEY PAT- TERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Atomizers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to atomizers the construction and advantages of which will' be hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the annexed drawings, wherein- Figure l is a side elevation of thev device; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional View, and Fig. 3 a perspective view of the upper portion of the atomizer as seen from above.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and eflicient atomizer which will so disintegrate and diffuse the water fed to it that the device may be employed success-V fully in mills for dampening the atmosphere. Heretofore many devices, more or less complicated, have been employed for producing, the necessary humidity in mills, and the aim of my present invention is to .produce a simple and highly-efficient apparatus of its kind. Referring to the drawings, A indicates the main body of the device, comprising a fiat bottom or base a and an upstanding rim or wall b,v forming, as it were, a cup.- Extendin g out from the wall and forming a continuation thereof is a rim4 or lip c, which flares slightly upward, as shown most clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. Awater-supply pipe d, leading from anysuitable source, extends centrally into the'cnp from above and reaches nearly to the base or bottom thereof, as indicated in. IFig. 2. ,A suitable regulatingT valve e is placed in the pipe, as shown.

To the under side of the base there is fastened or formed a suitable post orstemf, upon which is secured a driving-pulley g. Any style of bearing may be employed for the stem or post, the construction illustrated being the well-known spindle-bearing .providedwith a lubricator h and a combined oil-hole cover and locking dog or detent t, whichcovers the oil-hole and also serves the function of preventing the stem f from being accidentally se arated from or liftedoff its bearing.

n practice the bearingis firmly secured'in,

an?7 suitable support and the stem mounted thereon. When the parts are thus assembled, motion is imparted to the atomiz'er by a band er strap passing about the pulley g, the atomizer attaining about ten thousand revolutions per minute in ordinary use. Water is then allowed to enter the cup slowly from pipe d, and as soon as it touches the bottom dit will be thrown or will travel immediately to the upright wall b, moving up the same and finally passing over the face of the lip or rim c and leaving the edge thereof in a vapor which is almost imperceptible, or, in other words, a complete diffusion of the liquid fed to the cup is secured.

While the invention is designed primarily for moistening air, -it may also be employed to distribute oil or other liquids over cotton Manifestly it may be used wherever it is desired to diffuse any liquid in a film or atomized condition.

It is to be understood that I do not desire to` limit myself to the proportions shown, though the dimensions illustrated have given .good results in practice.

The device has been found to work admirably in general use, and the degree of moisture which is imparted to the air may be regulated to a nicety by'gaging the flow of water tical side walls and provided with a lip or rim extending outwardly from the upper edgeof said wall at approximately right angles therey to; means for supplying liquid to said receptacle; and means for rotating the same.

. 2. An atomizer comprisinga cup-shaped receptacle open at its upper end and having substantially verticalrside walls; a lip or r-im extending outwardly and inclined slightly upward from the upper edge of said vertical wall; means for supplying liquid to saidvre ceptacle; and means for rotating the same.

. 3. An atomizercomprisinga cup-shaped retoo eeptaole formed with a flat bottom a with an I In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand upright cylindrical Wall b extending up therein the presence of two witnesses. from; a rim c extending'outwardly from the` upper edge of the Wall b at approximately SAMUEL FINLEY PATTERSON' right angles thereto; a pipe d extending down Witnesses: into said receptacle; and means for rotating OHAS. COHEN,

the receptacle. R. W. BROWN. 

